The week in wildlife – in pictures

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, believed to be the oldest reptile living on earth with an alleged age of 185 years, crawling through the lawn of the Plantation House in Saint Helena.
Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

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Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, believed to be the oldest reptile living on earth with an alleged age of 185 years, crawling through the lawn of the Plantation House in Saint Helena.
Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

Fri 1 Dec 2017 09.00 EST
Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018 12.01 EST

Cormorants perch on a tree near Suchitlan lake in El Salvador. The island of birds in the centre of the lake is the major destination for migratory birds.

Indian villagers look on as a herd of 46 wild elephants walk through the Gangaram tea garden in Darjiling, India. As the human population increases the natural habitat of the elephants gets destroyed and they are forced to move in farming areas, causing damage to crops.

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise – believed to be the oldest reptile living, with and alleged age of 185 years – crawls on the lawn of the Plantation House, the UK governor official residence in Saint Helena British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean.